Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-17
GENERAL SMITHS VIEWS.
lie has but Little TO Say About Him
self and His Candidacy for General
Oglesby,s PIaee---The Presidential
Nomination.

Freerort Bulletin.
Gen. John c. Smith, Illinois lieuten-
ant governor, was in the cisy last night
He arrived here yesterday afternoon ac-
companied by Mrs. Smith, and this
morning they took the train for Chicago.
They had been to spend Sunday at Gale
ma. which was their home for twenty
years. When the civil war broke out
Gen Smith was living at Galeua, taking
and fulfilling contracts as carpenter and
builder He still keeps the homestead in
the lead mine city," and another valnas
bic piece of real estate owned by him in
10 Daviess county is his old farm near
Warren. These places he had not visited
tor some until this trip His home
for years has been in Chicago, but his
official duties make it inn sible these
DAYS to spend much time there. When
representative of the Bulletin met the
general in the Brewster house Office this
morning and spoke to him concerning ms
alleged candidacy for the republican GU
bernatorial nomination of this state next
wear, he replied with smile that his
friends were very kind to mention him in
that connection. The general did not
seem to be inclined to talk very much
about his own candidacy, but he said
enough to lead one to think that if the
place were offered him he would accept
il. He ventured also to remark that
usually the man succeeds the best whom
the people wanted and would carry
through if given a chance to do so. He
said further that there were a numter of
men already in the field who were work
ing to be the successor of Governor
Oglesby Although Gen. Smith did not
say in Just so many words that his sew
eral days visit, even to his old home, was
to give him an opportunity to look after
his political fences, jealous politicians
of his own party and his opponents on
the other side will credit him with having
such motive.
Turning tn national affairs Gen. Smith
said that if New York wanted John Sher>
man he would be nominated by the re
publIcans for president. There was no
doubt about it, and he seemed TO have n
strong following in that-state. However
James G. Blaine was yet power in the
II Fu'iNhh SHiiip anu ohpp'itOlo nCit
needed to make the candidacy of any
other man Il success.
You would be surprised said the
general. ito see what remarkable
strength is being developed for the
nomination of ex>Secretary of War
Robert T. Lincoln. He seems to have
d great force of supporters already
known. with host yet to hear from. -
One thing in particular the general
liked about Lincoln was that he does not
travel on his name Simply because
his father was the martyred and honored
war president of the United States, AbTa-
ham Lincoln, he did not make great
parade of himself. but went about quiet
" like sensible man attending to his
own business. The general thought
Robert Lincoln to be a good man with a
clean record, and yet he knew of no rea-
son why he should be nominated for the
presidency any more than many other
men well known to the public. Gen
Smith said the democrats were sure to
renOminate Grover Cleveland and he
thought whoever ran against him would
have to run pretty lively.